THE FORMAT FOR AN MLA PAPER

Listed below are certain qualifications of a paper in the MLA format. Before you begin writing the paper, make sure that your margins, font, header, and etc. meet these guidelines.

FORMAT

  • 1 inch margins all around
  • 12 font
  • Double-spaced
  • A header of your last name and the page number in the top right corner of every page

THE FIRST PAGE

There is no title page requirement for a paper in MLA format. On the first page of your paper you should have four opening lines. Your name will be on the first line. The teacher/professor’s name should be on the next line. The Course’s name will be on the next line, and the date that the paper is due will be on the fourth line. Press the ‘enter’ key twice. Then type and center the title of your paper.
Immediately following the line that your title appears on, begin your paper.

Consult the example below for the first page of your paper
Turner 1

Brian Turner

Professor Poptart

English 3

3 November, 1999


The Relationship Between Oscar Wilde’s Life and Work
Considered one of the most provocative playwright’s of Victorian England, Oscar Wilde truly lives up to

all of the rumors people . . .